Window guard



Aug. 2s, ma l 4,682,315 M. HEIDT W I NDOW GUARD Filed Feb. 2I 1927 mummw INVENTOR ATroRNEY Patented 28, 1928'.

UNiTED srArEs MICHAEL HEDT, OF BROOKLYN, NEVI YORK.

l 'WNEGW GUARD.

Application filed February 2. 1927.

ThisV invention relates to window gua in general and particularly to .the ki adapted to be used when cleaning windows, and prevent-ing the person cleaning .and .sitting on the window sill from falling out.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a simple. inexpensiveand eiiect-ive device which may be readily attached to any i;isting window frame and removed therefrom when desired. l

Another object of my invention is to pro vide within such guard, a construction ot parts so arranged that they bear against the outer face of the window frame, and 'by doing so, prevent the guard from unintentionally moving fromits place.

Another object of my invention is to pro-A vide means for adjusting the guai-d to any window or windows. Y

Another object of my invention is to provide in connection with such guard, means forlimiting the movement of the various members to a certain maximum distance` at `which pointpthe guard parts are prevented from disengaging each other. yThe foregoing and further objects will be more fully apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings, .forming part of this disclosure, and while not intended to limit this invention to the actual showing. illustrate some preferredk justable ends of the side members of my device,

Fig. 5 illustrates a partial detail view, sect-ion, ot a tubular member equipped with a spring actuated detent,

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional detail View ot j an att-aching device adapted tobe placed upon the window frame and .serving for holding my device in place.y

Fig. 7 represents a modiiied form oi' my attaching device in longitudinal and transverse sections and,

Fig. 8 is another modiiied form of my taching'device in elevation and in vertical cross sectional view.

Y tubular design.

Serial No. 165.273.

Referring to the drawings, numeral 10 denotes a window frame resting preferably on a. window sill 12. At the outer face 13 of the window frame will be seen Figs. ll and 2),'guard attaching members v14, a cross sectionalview thereof being` shown in Fig. 6. These attaching members are secured yto thefframe by means ot' bolts, screws, or nails, or in any other `convenient manner. Vand they serve forreceiving the depending legs 15 of end members 16 of'my guard. These end members are bent at substantially right angles as indicated at 17, and their outer yend is again bent so that it issubstantially parallel with the face of the window frame.

The ends 18 of the side members are pret- `members telescope withthe tubular central member 20. The latter is equipped-with spring actuatedA detents 21 adapted to register Awith recesses 19 when the side membes arer ,drawn outwards toA their ent-reine oiitei' position. Then detents 21 snap into recesses 19, they prevent the side members 16 from diseiigaging central member 2O.`

.When it .is desired to dismember mydevice, it becomes necessary to lift spring 22 to such a height as to permit detent 21 to clear members 16.

vIn Figs.`1,2 and 6,1- have shown brackets J 141-, while in Figs. 3 and 7. I have" indicated a modiiied form of .brackets at 23 which difer from brackets 14 in that they are of They are held by a single screw 24 which is passed through a properly arranged aperture after having been slipped through opening 25. Y

In Fig. 8 is shown a still diderent form of a bracket 26 having a semi-cylindrical outer portion 27 and a flat back portion 28 provided withran aperture 29. The semi-cylindri cal portion 27 is attached by means of side walls 30 to the back portion 28. This brack-v et is held by. means of two or more screws for which holes 3l are provided.

As will be seen from Figs. 1 and' 2, my de- I vice is extremely'simple to applyY to any eX- istinlg window frame, by attaching the sockets, of yanyone oi' the designs shown to the upright outer face of said frame atabout .equal height. u The side members 16 are ad#V justed to the proper length and the depend ing ends 15 of the side members are inserted into the sockets. pending portion of the side members bear The lower end et the de Y det-ents, holds ends I8 of the side members in the desired position and serves as back rest for the person cleaning the Window.

It is obvious that the height or' attachment of my device may be arranged to suit the requirements in each individual case. Ordinarily, however, a standard may be adhered to for preventing the average person from falling backwards out of the window.

It is also obvious, that While I have shown my device attached to the Window frame, that same can be readily removed by simply releasing the body pressure against the horizontal portion of my device and lifting the vertical legs l5 from the sockets. Now the side members may be shoved together into the tubular central member and stored away,

' or the side members may be released from the central member by lifting up detents 21 and sli-ding out the sidemembers from tubular member 20. Now all three pieces may be conveniently bound together and stored.

VFrom the foregoing, it willbe evident that my device is a very inexpensive and effective construction and that it can be transferred from Window to Window Where sockets have Y been attached at the outer face of the window Windows, said guard comprising a tubular central member, a pair of side members telescoping at one end with and adjustable Wit-hin said tubular member and having depending ends adapted to bear against the outer face of the Window frame, and means, attachable to the latter, for receiving and lirmly engaging said depending ends of the side members. y

Q. In combination With a Window frame, a kWindow guard as per claim l, the telescoping ends of said side members provided with recesses, said tubular central member having spring actuated detente registering lWith the recesses provided in the side members When the latter reach their extremeoutward position, thereby preventing said side members from disengaging said tubular member.

3. A Window guard, comprising al plurality of adjustable, interconnected members, tivo of said members having'depending ends,

`means for attaching said tvvo members to the outer face of a Window frame in suchV a manner as to force their depending ends to bear against said frame, thereby preventing unintentional movement of said guard.

4. In combination with a Window frame, a Window/guard, comprising central and side members, adjustably interconnected with each other, said side members having depending portions adapted to i'orm braces, means attachable to the outer face of said Window frame for receiving said` depending portions of said side members in such a manner, as to force the extreme ends of the depending portions against said frame,

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 24th day of January, A. D. 1927.

Y MICHAEL I-IEIDTL 

